Apparatus for arranging projectiles cartridges, or like bodies.



140. 639,451, Patented Dec. l9, I899. P. PONDDRF.

APPARATUS FOR ARRANGING PRDJECTILES, CARTRIDGES, 0B LIKE BODIES.

(Application filed Feb. 2, 1899.)

(No Model.)

ofthe invention, such as will enable others rice,

P iUL PONDORF, OE GOESSNITZ, GERMANY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 639,431, dated December19, 1899.

' Application filed February 2, 1899.

To (all "whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, PAUL PONDORF, man ufacturer, a subject of theEmperor of Germany, residing at Goessnitz, SaXeAltenburg, German Empire,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forArranging Projectiles, Cartridges, or Like Bodies; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

In operating upon bodies ofsmall sizesuch as bullets, projectiles,cartridges, or thelikewith automatic or self-acting machines it has beennecessary hitherto to place such bodies in the feeding groove or channelby hand in order in the first instance to set or adjust them in theposition best suited to the particular treatment they are intended toundergofor example, with their points or nosesuniformly in onedirection-and which operation is both troublesome and expensive.

Now the subject of this invention is a device the purpose of which isautomatically to turn certain of the said bodies which may have beenintroduced into the feeding-groove without any regard to order byself-acting machinery so that they point in various directions, and thusto impart a uniform position or direction to them all. This object isattained by causing the bodies as they emerge from the feeding groove orchannel to descend upon arest or support,which is so constructed that itonlyintercepts and temporarily arrests those bodies which are deliveredthe wrong end-for example, the blunt or flat end--first and which bodiesare then by means of a sliding carriage or the like turned over into therequired position or direction,while those bodies presenting the otheror pointed end first are allowed to pass through the apparatus withouttheir direction or position being changed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a frontelevation and a side elevation of one form of the reversing or tiltingapparatus constructed according to the present invention and shown byway of example. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a planView of the slide a and cam n, showing the frame and the driving-shaftin section.

Serial No. 704,269. (No model.)

a designates the chute of the feed-hopper, (not shown,) the projectilesor the like 1 2 emerging from which point in different direc Lions-thatis to say, some point upward and others downward. Now before theprojectiles enter the reversing or sorting device proper they aredetained by the slide Z, which is constantly drawn toward the left-thatis to say, in the direction of the arrow-by the spring Z and is onlymoved to the right for a short period of time by the cam Z, this briefinterval of time being just sufficient to allow the projectile which waslocked in its temporary position to drop and the projectile next following to be caught and detained in its turn. Thus two projectiles cannotenter the reversing mechanism at the same time.

Upon the cam-shaft c,which receives rotary motion from any convenientsource of power, two more cams in and n are mounted, each of which camsoperates a slide, such as m and 71, respectively, likewise controlled bysprings m and 12 but the springs m and n respectively, tend to shiftthese slides to the right, Whereas the cams m it move them to the left.Now after a projectile has been released by the slide Zit drops throughan aperture m provided in the slide m, onto the slide it. In thislast-mentioned slide is formed a slot or aperture a which, though largeenough for the projectile to pass freely through while the,

slide it is in its extreme outward or right-hand position, is normallypartly received into the wall 0, which thus forms a guard which coversabout on e-half of its area. Now when the proj ectile falls upon theslide a with its blunt end or base first, as is assumed to be the casewith reference to projectile No. 1, such projectile will remain upon thesaid slide a in an upright position, so that its upwardly-projectingpoint will enter the slot m of the slide m, and at this juncture "therevolving shaft 0 will so move the cam m as to cause it to release thesaid slide at andpermit the spring m to act, with the result that thisslide will suddenly be moved to the right by the spring m and will tiltprojectile N o. l in such manner that it will be caused to occupy insuccession each of the several positions in which the projectile markedNo. l is represented in Fig. 1 of the drawings and eventually enter thechannel or groove 19. When, on the other hand,

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the projectile emerges from the channel a point downward, as is supposedto be the case in the drawings with reference to projectile No. 2, suchprojectile, aft-er passing through the aperture m will fall with itspoint resting in the aperture 02 in which position it will remain. Whenin this position, the rear or base of the projectile is locatedunderneath the slide 0%, and when this slide comes to be released in themanner described above, in consequence of the rotary movement of the camm, and is moved to the right by the spring m it will slide past the baseof the projectile without turning the same. As the shaft 0 continues torevolve, the slide a is presently released by the cam 71. and is movedto the right by the spring m the aperture 07. at this moment whollyemerging from the Wall 0, so that the projectile No. 2, the point ofwhich rests in such aperture, is now enabled to fall therethrough pastthe slide 71, and thus likewise to enter the chute I) point first.

The object of the guide (1 is to direct the projectile, whether turnedover as No. 1 or moved along in its initial position as No. 2, in suchmanner as to secure it against any undesirable canting or inclination,and thus to avoid its becoming jammed in its course.

It may here be mentioned that the rest which intercepts the blunt endsor bases of the projectiles or bodies need not necessarily be formed bythe slot or aperture of of the slide it, partially covered or contractedby the wall 0, as described above. Instead of this a fixed projection orstop may be provided for the purpose on the said wall 0 and made tooperate in conjunction with the said slot or aperture "a the shape andsize of such projection being so calculated that it will intercept onlythe flat bases of the articles fed through the chute, and consequentlytheir pointed ends will be maintained within reach of the slide 12, andconversely the said projection will cause the points of the bodies toenterthc aperture 01 for such a distance that their flat bases will besituated beneath and clear of the slide 177..

I claim as my invention. 7

I. In apparatus for arranging bodies which are smaller at one end, thecombination, with an intercepting slide provided with an opening, of aguard which permits only the small end of each body to enter the saidopening, a tilting slide provid ed with an opening which engages withthe small end of the said body when itslarge end rests on the saidintercepting slide, and means for reciprocating the said slides,substantially as set forth.

2. In apparatus for arranging bodies which are smaller at one end, thecombination, with an intercepting slide which supports each body at ahigher level when its large end is downward than when its small end isdownward, of a tilting slide which engages with the small end of thesaid body when its large end rests on the intercepting slide, and meansfor reciprocating the said slides, substantially as set forth.

3. In apparatus for arranging bodies which are smaller at one end, thecombination, with an intercepting slide which supports each body at ahigher level when its large end is downward than when its small end isdownward, of a tilting slide provided with an opening which engages withthe small end of the said-body when its large end rests on theintercepting slide, means for reciprocating the said slides, and afeeding device which drops the said bodies intermittently through theopening in the said tilting slide, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL PONDORF. Witnesses:

RUDOLPH FRICKE, OTTO HASENBEIN.

